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B.S. in Meteorology Starting in Fall 2024

The Department of Geography is excited to announce the Bachelor of Science program in Meteorology has been fully approved, and will officially begin in Fall 2024. Our program provides broader geographic training and aims to build skills that crosscut from meteorology to applied climate science, geospatial analysis, hydrology, business, economics, communications, and Al as required […]

Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics

MATYAS – Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics Shakira D. Stackhouse, Stephanie E. Zick, Corene J. Matyas, Kimberly M. Wood, Andrew T. Hazelton, and Ghassan J. Alaka Jr. Article first published online: 1 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0223.1 ABSTRACT: Tropical cyclone (TC) precipitation poses serious hazards including freshwater flooding. […]

Fall Course: MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes

MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes Instructor: Dr. Corene Matyas matyas@ufl.edu Learn about Hurricane Andrew and 20 other famous tropical cyclones! Prerequisites: GEO3250 or MET3503 (email me if you are graduating and I’ll consider an over-ride) Turlington 3006 MW Per. 4-5, W Per. 4 Participate In: Forecasting Labs Maps Discussions Presentation on Famous Storm Data Analysis Project for […]

Spatial Variations in Tropical Cyclone Rainfall over the Western North Pacific According to ENSO Phase

KIM, MATYAS – Spatial Variations in Tropical Cyclone Rainfall over the Western North Pacific According to ENSO Phase Dasol Kim, Doo-Sun Park, Corene Matyas Article first published online: 16 February 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0231.1 ABSTRACT: This study investigated spatial variations in rainfall accompanying tropical cyclones (TCs) over the western North Pacific (WNP) from June to October […]

Geography Colloquium: Reflectivity as Detected by Space- and Ground-Based Radars Detecting Tropical Cyclones

Speaker: Dr. Corene Matyas Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, January 26, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: The different scanning strategies and atmospheric profiles through which energy beams pass from space-based as compared to ground-based radars can produce different reflectivity values in […]

Segmenting Tourists’ Information Behavior in the Event of a Crisis

MATYAS –Segmenting Tourists’ Information Behavior in the Event of a Crisis Ignatius Cahyanto, Lori Pennington-Gray, Brijesh Thapa, Jorge Villegas, Corene Matyas Article first published online: 3 October 2022 Link: ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst ABSTRACT: The study examined tourists’ information behavior in the event of a crisis using the Consumer Information Acquisition and Processing Model as a guideline. The data […]

Tropical cyclones in the northern Mozambique Channel: composite intra-seasonal forcing and 2019 event

MATYAS – Tropical cyclones in the northern Mozambique Channel: composite intra-seasonal forcing and 2019 event Mark R. Jury & Corene J. Matyas Article first published online: 12 July 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-022-00911-8 ABSTRACT: Tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the northern Mozambique Channel (nMC) during the satellite era is studied, culminating with the anomalous 2019 season. We identify […]

Illustration of an Object-Based Approach to Identify Structural Differences in Tropical Cyclone Wind Fields

MATYAS – Illustration of an Object-Based Approach to Identify Structural Differences in Tropical Cyclone Wind Fields Stephanie Zick, Corene Matyas, Gary Lackmann, Jingyin Tang, Brian Bennett Article first published online: 29 May 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4326 ABSTRACT: The meteorology community primarily assesses tropical cyclone (TC) forecast skill using track and intensity errors. These metrics are frequently uncorrelated […]

Focus Area 7: Geospatial Analysis & Techniques

Modeling, Measurement, Visualization and Computation: techniques for the collection, analysis, interpretation and display of geospatial data, using tools such as GeoAI, GIS, Remote Sensing, GPS, and Spatial Statistics. Sub Areas GEOAI: Geographic Artificial Intelligence Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Remote Sensing Spatio-temporal analysis Geospatial Modeling Courses GIS2002: The Digital Earth GIS2114: Geographic Artificial Intelligence & Big […]